Distance measurement apparatus and control method therefor

Abstract

According to an exemplary embodiment, a distance measuring apparatus includes: a display unit and a sound output unit; a location acquiring sensor configured to acquire a current location; a slope sensor configured to measure a tilt angle; a distance measuring sensor configured to measure the straight line distance to a target; and a control unit configured to calculate a height of the target by using the tilt angle and the straight line distance, to calculate an attack distance by using a relationship between the height of the target, a landing angle, and the attack distance, and to output the attack distance to at least one of the display unit and the sound output unit.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A distance measuring apparatus comprising:
 a display unit configured to display information processed by the distance measuring apparatus and a sound output unit configured to output sound; 
 a location acquiring sensor configured to acquire a current location; 
 a slope sensor configured to measure a tilt angle; 
 a distance measuring sensor configured to measure the straight line distance to a target; and 
 a control unit configured to calculate a height of the target by using the tilt angle and the straight line distance, to calculate an attack distance by using the height of the target and a relationship between a landing angle and the attack distance, and to output the attack distance to at least one of the display unit and the sound output unit, 
 wherein the attack distance is a distance for moving a golf ball at the current location to the target, and the landing angle is the angle at which the golf ball lands on the ground. 
 
     
     
       2. The distance measuring apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the height of the target is calculated by using the following equation:
     h 01= d 0×sin  a 01
 
 wherein h01 indicates the height of the target, d0 indicates the straight line distance, and a01 indicates the tilt angle. 
 
     
     
       3. The distance measuring apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein
 a relationship between the landing angle and the attack distance is defined by following equation:
     a 02= f ( X 0) 
 
 wherein a02 indicates the landing angle, and X0 indicates the attack distance. 
 
     
     
       4. The distance measuring apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein
 the attack distance is calculated by using equation below:
     X 0= L 0+( h 01+ h 02)÷tan  a 02
 
 
 wherein h02 indicates a height from a ground of the distance measuring apparatus. 
 
     
     
       5. The distance measuring apparatus of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 a memory configured to store map information of golf courses; and 
 an azimuth sensor configured to measure an azimuth, and 
 the control unit determines a location of an attack point by using the target distance and the azimuth, and reads an altitude of the attack point from the map information. 
 
     
     
       6. The distance measuring apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein
 the control unit calculates a compensated attack distance by using the altitude of the attack point and a compensated landing angle corresponding to the altitude of the attack point when a difference between the altitude of the attack point and an altitude of the current location is greater than or equal to a threshold. 
 
     
     
       7. The distance measuring apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein
 the compensated landing angle is calculated by using the following equation: 
 
       
         
           
             
               
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         wherein a23 indicates the compensated landing angle, X22 indicates a distance value obtained by subtracting the horizontal distance to the target from the attack distance, and h23 indicates a height value obtained by subtracting a height from the altitude of the current location to the target point from a height from the altitude of the current location to the target. 
       
     
     
       8. The distance measuring apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein
 the compensated attack distance is calculated by using the following equation, and X24 indicates the compensated attack distance:
     X 24= d 2×cos  a 21+( h 21+ h 22)÷tan  a 23.
 
 
 
     
     
       9. A control method of a distance measuring apparatus, comprising:
 acquiring, by a location acquiring sensor, a current location of the distance measuring apparatus; 
 measuring, by a slope sensor, a tilt angle of the distance measuring apparatus; 
 measuring, by a distance measuring sensor, a straight line distance from the distance measuring apparatus to a target; 
 calculating, by a control unit, a height of the target by using the tilt angle and the straight line distance; 
 calculating, by the control unit, an attack distance by using a relationship between the height of the target, a landing angle, and the attack distance; and 
 outputting, by the control unit, the attack distance to at least one of a display unit configured to display information processed by the distance measuring apparatus and a sound output unit configured to output sound, 
 wherein the attack distance is a distance for moving a golf ball at the current location to the target, and the landing angle is the angle at which the golf ball lands on the ground. 
 
     
     
       10. The control method of  claim 9 , wherein the calculating a height of the target includes:
 calculating, by the control unit, the height of the target by using the following equation:
     h 01= d 0×sin  a 01
 
 
 wherein h01 indicates the height of the target, d0 indicates the straight line distance, and a01 indicates the tilt angle. 
 
     
     
       11. The control method of  claim 10 , wherein the calculating an attack distance includes:
 calculating, by the control unit, the attack distance by using a relationship between the attack distance and the landing angle defined as a first equation a02=f(X0), and using a second equation X0=L0+(h01+h02)÷tan a02, 
 wherein a02 indicates the landing angle, and X0 indicates the attack distance. 
 
     
     
       12. The control method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 reading, by the control unit, map information of golf courses corresponding to the current location from a memory in which the map information of the golf courses is stored; 
 measuring, by the azimuth sensor, an azimuth of the distance measuring apparatus; 
 determining, by the control unit, a location of an attack point by using an attack distance and the azimuth; and 
 reading, by the control unit, an altitude of the attack point from the map information. 
 
     
     
       13. The control method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 determining, by the control unit, whether an altitude difference between the target point and the current location is greater than or equal to a threshold; and 
 calculating, by the control unit, a compensated attack distance by using the altitude of the attack point and a compensated landing angle corresponding to the altitude of the attack point when a difference between the altitude of the attack point and an altitude of the current location is greater than or equal to a threshold. 
 
     
     
       14. The control method of  claim 13 , wherein the calculating a compensated attack distance includes:
 calculating, by the control unit, the compensated landing angle by using the following equation: 
 
       
         
           
             
               
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         wherein a23 indicates the compensated landing angle, X22 indicates a distance value obtained by subtracting the horizontal distance to the target from the attack distance, and h23 indicates a height value obtained by subtracting a height from altitude of the current location to the target point from a height from altitude of the current location to the target. 
       
     
     
       15. The control method of  claim 14 , wherein the calculating a compensated attack distance includes:
 calculating, by the control unit, the compensated attack distance by using the following equation:
     X 24= d 2×cos  a 21+( h 21+ h 22)÷tan  a 23
 
 
 wherein X24 indicates the compensated attack distance.